ANGELS (14-14) BREAK EVEN ANGELS BEAT BLUE JAYS TO WIN EIGHTH IN A ROW, GET BACK TO .500 ANGELS 6, TORONTO 4.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer TORONTO - A bloop bloop Baseball n. A blooper. tr.v. blooped, bloop·ing, bloops To hit (a ball) into the air just beyond the infield. adj. Hit just beyond the infield. hit, an error, a walk and suddenly Troy Percival Troy Eugene Percival (born August 9, 1969 in Fontana, California) is a Major League Baseball reliever on the St. Louis Cardinals. Percival came out of retirement on June 8, 2007 when he signed a minor league deal with the Cardinals[1]. was in the eye of the storm again. The Angels closer, called upon to save a two-run lead in the ninth inning Friday night against the Toronto Blue Jays "Blue Jays" redirects here. For other uses, see Blue Jay (disambiguation).. The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. , didn't blink. With the bases loaded and one out, Percival struck out Carlos Delgado This article is about the baseball player. For the Venezuelan president, see Carlos Delgado Chalbaud. Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández (born June 25, 1972 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball first baseman for the New York Mets. and got Raul Mondesi to ground out to second base, helping the Angels to a 6-4 victory in front of 13,183 at SkyDome and their eighth consecutive win. ``You don't ideally write it up that way,'' Percival said. ``Delgado and Mondesi with the bases loaded is not a situation you're looking forward to.'' But as he did last week, when Percival struck out both Mondesi and Delgado to finish off a 4-0 victory in Anaheim, the end result was all that mattered. The winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" is the fourth longest in club history and puts the Angels back at .500 (14-14) for the first time since they were 3-3 on April 8. And what's just as important to the Angels now is not that they're winning but how they're winning. They fell behind in the first inning when starter Aaron Sele Aaron Helmer Sele (born June 25, 1970 in Golden Valley, Minnesota) is an MLB right-handed pitcher who plays for the New York Mets. His family moved to Poulsbo, Washington, a Scandinavian town on the Kitsap Peninsula, where Aaron pitched for North Kitsap High School. gave up three runs. They rallied to take the lead in the seventh on Darin Erstad's three-run homer, and the bullpen held the lead going into the ninth when Percival slammed the door for his fourth save of the season. ``We're not getting lucky,'' Percival said. ``We're playing good, solid baseball every day. It's different when you're getting wins because of fluke things. We're doing something every day to win ballgames.'' Before Percival had a chance to save it, the Angels had to rally. Sele (2-2) gave up a solo homer Noun 1. solo homer - a home run with no runners on base solo blast home run, homer - a base hit on which the batter scores a run to Eric Hinske Eric Scott Hinske (born August 5, 1977 in Menasha, Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball player with the Boston Red Sox. Prior to joining the Red Sox, Hinske had played his entire major league career with the Toronto Blue Jays, playing third base, first base and right field. and a two-run homer to Mondesi in the first inning. He settled down and got through six innings, however, allowing only one more run on Homer Bush's solo homer in the fifth. Blue Jays starter Brandon Lyon snuffed out potential Angels rallies early. Garret Anderson's solo homer in the second inning was all he allowed until the sixth, when Erstad singled, stole second and eventually scored on Tim Salmon's sacrifice fly. But Erstad's big moment was yet to come. The Angels cut their deficit in the seventh to 4-3 on Jorge Fabregas' RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in single. Adam Kennedy singled Fabregas to second and David Eckstein sacrificed the runners to second and third. Lyon was replaced by Pedro Borbon, who surrendered both of Eckstein's grand slams last week in Anaheim but had held Erstad hitless in eight previous at-bats against him. Erstad swung at the first pitch, a belt-high fastball, and deposited it into the right-field seats for a three-run homer and 6-4 lead. The Angels have outscored their opponents 75-23 during their win streak. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Darin Erstad is met by Jorge Fabregas (6) and Adam Kennedy after his three-run homer Friday in Toronto. Aaron Harris/Associated Press |
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